I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.
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We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo.
There are many alternatives to embryonic stem cell research, alternatives with great potential. We need to support these and oppose creating life for the sole purpose of destroying it.
You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consistent, if you're not also against in vitro fertilization.
I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research.
I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research.
Today, it is research with human embryonic stem cells and attempts to prepare cloned stem cells for research and medical therapies that are being disavowed as being ethically unacceptable.
We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do not include destroying human embryos.
More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.
If people think that you're throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I'm not for that.
I am opposed to both cloning and the destruction of human embryos and adamantly opposed to funding of embryonic stem cell research.